Flora Medica

CEPHJELIS.888. C. puniceaWilld. sp. pi i. 977. of Jamaica ;889. C. muscosa Swartz fl.ind. occ. 442, of the West Indies ;are also emetic according to Von Martius.GEOPHILA.Limb of calyx 5-parted with linear spreading segments. Corollatubular, with a pilose throat, and 5 rather recurved lobes.Anthers 5, inclosed. Stigma bifid. Berry ovoid, angular,crowned by the calyx, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Creeping herbaceousplants. Leaves stalked, cordate, like those of a violet. Stipulessolitary, undivided. Flowers in subsessile umbels, with involucratingbracts shorter than the flowers.890. G. reniformis Cham, and Schlecht. Linncea 1829. p. 137.DC. prodr. iv. 537. Psychotria herbacea Linn. sp. 245. Jacq.amer. t. 46. Psychotrophum herbaceum Browne Jam. 161.Cephaelis reniformis HBK. iii. 377. Moist shady places inthe hotter parts of America ; Havannah, Jamaica, Porto Rico,Brazil, the Oronoco.A small plant, with a creeping filiform stem, from which rise branchesabout 3 inches long, each simple, erect, and having about 4 leaves.Leaves roundish, cordate, obtuse; the petioles of the lower onesvery long, hairy. Peduncles terminal, 2-3-6-flowered, shorter than theleaves. Corolla white, erect, with the tube twice as long as the spreadinglimb. Berries red and succulent. Root emetic ;used as a substitutefor Ipecacuanha.891. G. macropoda DC. prodr. iv. 537; or Psychotria macropodaFl. Peruv. ii. 63. t. 211. f. 6. the P. cordifolia Dietr.gart.lex. i. 618 is also emetic according to Von Martius.Tribe X:SPERMACOCE^.Stigma of 2 plates. Fruit dry, or scarcely fleshy, consistingof 2, rarely 3-4 carpels, either united or separable, and indehiscentor dehiscent in various ways. Albumen between fleshy andhorny. Shrubs or herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite. Stipulesmembranous at the base, usually split into numerous setaceouslobes.BORRERIA.Limb of calyx permanent, 2-4-toothed. Corolla salver-shapedor funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, exserted or inclosed.Stigma bifid or undivided. Capsule crowned by the calyx,2-celled, dehiscing at the apex through the dissepiment whenripe; carpels 1 -seeded, opening by a longitudinalchink inside.Seeds furrowed along their face. Herbaceous or suffruticoseplants. Stems and branches usually square. Flowers small,white, or blue, axillary or terminal, whorled, in cymes or corymbose.443